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Diagnostic Criteria for Scleroderma Renal Crisis 

1. New onset blood pressure >150/85 mm Hg OR increase
Diagnostic Criteria ... cells on urine ... microscopy - ... - Flash pulmonary ... Renal #Crisis #Diagnosis
Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
Causes of Wide Pulse ... conditioned athletes Pathologic ... (reduced blood ... - Chronic pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #causes
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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Diagnosis Framework ... Tachypnea: • Anemia ... Hypovolemic shock (blood ... • Brainstem pathology ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
Peripheral blood ... and laboratory diagnosis ... polychromatophilic cells ... #Hematology #Pathology ... #Smear #Microscopy
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Water - Pus - Blood ... Hematology: - Anemia ... #diagnosis #causes
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Peripheral blood ... #Differential # ... #causes
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
Red Blood Cell ( ... • Sickle cells ... PD deficiency, Pulmonary ... Morphology #Atlas #key #diagnosis ... #differential #
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
Causes of Anemia ... Volume (MCV) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve 

Left Shift - decreased unloading of O2 at tissue level (i.e.  increased
• stored red blood ... cells - Hb variant ... - Sickle cell anemia ... #Right #Shift #Differential ... #Causes #Diagnosis
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
Prolymphocytes In our case ... 🔬Tumor cells are ... Smear #Peripheral #Pathology ... #Microscopy #Clinical ... #Blood